Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
Man, that bass and the drums really lay the groove down for this...excellent on the monitors.

Yeah, my son (who used to claim he could tell BiaB by "the sound") was asking if I'd used EZDrummer on the track. The RealTracks bass and drums (and steel string) really sound super.

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As a minimalist bass/rhythm guitar picker I'm clueless on how you put all those non-BiaB tracks ogether. They sound great.
Thanks!

My own bass playing leaves a lot to be desired. Root and fifth, and stepwise motion is about as adventuresome as I get in real life. Which I think is better than getting a bass player who's trying to be a lead guitarist, I guess. wink

The parts are basically outlining chords with stepwise motion to give the illusion of melodic movement. The nice thing about MIDI is I can move notes after the performance to make stronger note choices.

But interesting musical ideas... those continue to elude me. I think I've done a competent job here, but it's relies much more on harmony than strong melodic ideas. That's something I'm continuing to work on.

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Regarding the dobro -- We played with a fine dobro player in our band for many years. They have, as you alluded to, many different sounds depending on the resonator, the wood, the slide and the picker.
For this tune we think it sits well in the mix and does its job...as does the entire mix!

I'm glad to hear that. smile

To be honest, what little I know of dobro comes from what I've picked up listening to W. G. "Snuffy" Walden on the "thirtysomething" soundtrack.

I keep telling myself someday I'll learn how to get some of those sweet licks from my guitar. In the meantime, I've got the Indiginus instruments to tide me over.

Thanks for stopping to listen!

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?